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City for Conquest (1940)


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Instance
Gesture name: Peggy runs
Start time: 0:47:31
End time: 0:47:41
Total duration: 0:00:10
Page #: 49
Measure #: 1
Scene: Reel 6 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 112
Marking: Agitato
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Peggy runs down the stairs
Description: A repeated gesture is played in a descending sequence as Peggy runs down the stairs to catch up with Danny; this cue overlaps with the preceding source music
Music annotations: [spotting sheet] Part 2 / Steiner / Overlaps the orchestra. As Peggy starts out after Danny. Thru scene in theatre alley; [m. 1] Agitato
Film annotations: [m. 1] She runs; [m. 6] Danny
Orchestration annotations: [m. 1] all W.W. + str; [m. 9] has bn
Analysis: The running gesture is harmonized with parallel major triads in a chromatic sequence that descends by major seconds; it arrives on an Ab9 chord
Tags

boxer | chromatic parallelism | chromatic sequence | dancer | descending | leading lady | leading man | love scene | mickey-mousing | running | source and scoring overlap | street | tense

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